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ANIMAL TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1912.

Patenvfed Mar. 17, 1914.

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CHARLES E. PEACH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application led May 7, 1912.

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platforms 13. The inward movement of the 1,296, 750. Patented Mar.. 17, 1214. Serial No. 695,665. To all io/tom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. PEACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Q Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which longitudinal edge portions of the the following is a specification. 13

The general object of the invention is to adapt an animal trap to be operated in the ordinary manner by an animal to trap the same and to be further operated by the anithe gravity latch mal so as to be set to trap a second or succeeding animal.

latch outwardly. rlhe tread plates 22 Another object is to kill the trapped anipivoted on the faces of the platform oppomals by electricity and to deliver them into site to those faces on which the bait holders a receptacle which may be located exteriorly 14 are arranged. The tongues 23 -23 on the of the building in which the trap is artread plates project through openings in the ranged. platforms so as to hear on the Lipper' end of Other objects will appear and be better the nose 18 as shown in Fig. understood from the following description The end Walls of the vestibule 7, one of taken in eenneetlen with which is shownin Fig. 2 and indicated by drawings in which: et, have openings 25 conforming to the an- Figure l is a side elevation of the device gular space between any two adjacent platpartly in Section Fig 2 is L Vertical Cross forms. These openings are sufhciently large sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a frag# to admit of the passage of a rat therethrough mentary perspective of the platform. after such rat has passed up the tread sur- The trap herein designated generally by a fflC@ 6 j is by preference so constructed as to admit PlOJSCDlDg flOHl th@ fr0-Ill) Wall 17 ofthe of its being placed in a room or other place OCly 5 and below the gravity latch 15, 1s a or compartment where the rats are known to Chute 26- The bottom 27 O this Chute 1nenter, or it may be arranged in a oompart- CllIleSy upwardly through the body ment made for it in the wall 'of a building COHIleCtS Wll'h the upper edge of -the rear where the rats have a runway, or between Wall 28 Of the body and COHOHHS 111 Width the beams of a floor. to the length of the vestibule 7. Arranged in front of the opening in the front wall 17 and extending' transversely of the chute is a shaft 29 which carries a plurality of depending rods 30, the lower ends of which are in juxtaposition to the bottom 27 of the chute. he leading in wire 31 from a suitable source of electric energy, is connected to a binding post 32 on one end of the shaft 29. A false bottom 33 is superimposed on an insulated body 3A suitably connected to the bottom 27 of the chute. The false bottom 33 is grounded on to a wire 34C which connects to a binding post 35 insulated from the bottom 27 and connected to the false bottom 33.

In use and with the trap arranged so that 011mg js provided on (me the chute 26 will discharge into a suitable container, a rat entering one of the openings 25 moves onto the platform 13 which the floor of the vestibule. In eavor to reach the bait which is now adjacent vertically extending plattre are shown in by G, are preferably of woven wire of relatively small mesh or texture and tread surfaces for the animals. per ends of the tread surfaces 6 extend to opposite ends of a vestibule 7 which communicates with the interior of the body 5. Arranged in the vestibule 7 so as to extend ongitudinally thereof7 is an axle 9 which supports a hub 10. A ball bearing 11 is interposed between the hub and axle so as to a mit of easy rotation of the hub and the each of such platf face with a suitable bait holder 14. A gravity latch 15 is arranged to swing in an opening in the front wall 17 of the body 5 and has a nose 18 which projects into the vestibule 7 and into the path of movement of the is end on the and effected el-ectrocution. The section 36 the detent from'the bar. of the upper side of the chute to which the shaft 29 is connected, is hinged as at 37 .-so as to admit of lifting the rods through the upper side of the chute in order to effect the cleaning of the chute. The top 38 of the vestibule 7 has one side hinged as at 3S to the body 5 and its opposite side is ture in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. PEACH.

Witnesses WVM. H. PEACH, FRANKJ. HAnrr.

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form, he moves onto the tread plate 22 and detachably secured to the body through the 4o thereby depresses the said tread plate so as Vcooperation of latches 39 and keepers 40 to push the latch outwardly and away from This peculiar arrangement of the top 3S the down turned end portion 20 of the plat,- admits of throwing the top backwardly form. The platform support now being re- -and away from the vestibule and facilitates moved' the platforms with their hub turn the cleaning of the platforms and the rebait- 45 as a wheel. This resultsin the precipitaing of the trap. The top 38 Valso carriesa tion of the rat into the chute beforer the. bail or handle 40 which forms a convenient platform on which the rat stood has made a handle in carrying the trap from place to quarter revolution. As soon as the platplace. Y .form on which the rat Ystood moves downf inasmuch as the animals cannot get at wardly and beyond the nose 1S, the latch thel bait which is contained within the moves to its normal position so as to interholder 14 the bait which is originally placed cept the succeeding platform when the latinthe said holder lasts for an indefinite ter moves into a horizontal position. It time and practically the trap is permanently will be understood that from the-impetus baited. Y' 55 imparted to it by the weight of the rat, the `What I claim as new is wheel or series of platforms will have at- A trap comprising a casing a platform tained sufficient momentum tov rotate` the mounted therein for movement aboutV an. said wheel for a full quarter of a revoluaxis, and having at its free edge an angution.l When deposited onto the false botlarly bent portion, a tread pivoted upon tom- 83, the rat slides into Contact with the the platform and having a tongue which rods 30. Th's effects the turning of the passes through the platform, a bar pivoted shaft 29 and the moving upwardly of the to the easing and hanging pendant beyond rods 30 as a gate so as to permit the rat the edges of the platform and having at its to slide or continue his journey 'through side a laterally disposed nose portion, pro- 65 the chute. llt will be Observed howcvcl', vided at its upper edge with a detent, the that when the rat contacts with the rods 50, angularly bent portionof theplatform northe electric circuit will be closed so that by mallyk engaging in the detent and the the time the rat passes beyond the rods the tongue normally engaging the upper edge currentwill have passed through his body of the nose portion at the opposite side of ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signa- 

